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LICA101 Notes
Contents
LICA101 Notes.......................................................................................................................................1
Introduction to the Course....................................................................................................................2
Critical thinking involves:...............................................................................................................2
The relationship between criticism and creativity:........................................................................2
The three meanings of “critical”:...................................................................................................2
Decolonisation.......................................................................................................................................3
Reading the University...........................................................................................................................4
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................4
Facts...................................................................................................................................................4
Screening the University........................................................................................................................4
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................4
Facts...................................................................................................................................................5
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................5
Pre-Modern.......................................................................................................................................5
Modernism........................................................................................................................................5
Futurism.............................................................................................................................................6
Dada...................................................................................................................................................6
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................6
The History.........................................................................................................................................7
Elements of Postmodernism..............................................................................................................7
Appropriation.................................................................................................................................7
Flatness..........................................................................................................................................7
Superficiality..................................................................................................................................7
Hallucinatory Splendour................................................................................................................7
Kitsch.............................................................................................................................................8
Pastiche..........................................................................................................................................8
Intertextuality................................................................................................................................8
Character Actors............................................................................................................................8
Schizophrenic Structure.................................................................................................................8
Metamodernism................................................................................................................................8
Posthumanism...................................................................................................................................8
Essay Writing.........................................................................................................................................8
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Literature Reviews.................................................................................................................................9
What makes a good reference?.....................................................................................................9
Where to find literature:................................................................................................................9
Making an Argument.............................................................................................................................9
Definitions......................................................................................................................................9
What do we use secondary sources for?.......................................................................................9
Dialectical modes:........................................................................................................................10
Using Secondary Sources.....................................................................................................................10
Definitions........................................................................................................................................10
You need to test quotes to determine if they’re right..................................................................10
Creative Research................................................................................................................................10
How to do a presentation:...............................................................................................................10
Festivals...............................................................................................................................................10
Introduction to the Course
Interdisciplinary: combining views from academics in art, design, film and theatre, to
present you with a broad sense of approaches and methods in creative research.
Critical thinking involves:
organising important information
structuring your thoughts
considering evidence
identifying assumptions/questions
evaluating arguments
communicating findings
The relationship between criticism and creativity:
you need to be able to look critically at your own work so that you can improve it
you need to take into account existing works in order to learn more about the craft
you can use criticism to gauge the audience you are writing for, as well as the society
you are writing work in
you can use criticism to produce more honest and self-aware work
you need to be able to understand how your influences affect your work and how your
audiences will view your work differently
your work can also have “critical potential” — i.e. you can use your work to criticise
an aspect of society
The three meanings of “critical”:
1. disapproval
2. analysis — i.e. critical judgement
LICA101 Notes
Contents
LICA101 Notes.......................................................................................................................................1
Introduction to the Course....................................................................................................................2
Critical thinking involves:...............................................................................................................2
The relationship between criticism and creativity:........................................................................2
The three meanings of “critical”:...................................................................................................2
Decolonisation.......................................................................................................................................3
Reading the University...........................................................................................................................4
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................4
Facts...................................................................................................................................................4
Screening the University........................................................................................................................4
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................4
Facts...................................................................................................................................................5
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................5
Pre-Modern.......................................................................................................................................5
Modernism........................................................................................................................................5
Futurism.............................................................................................................................................6
Dada...................................................................................................................................................6
Definitions..........................................................................................................................................6
The History.........................................................................................................................................7
Elements of Postmodernism..............................................................................................................7
Appropriation.................................................................................................................................7
Flatness..........................................................................................................................................7
Superficiality..................................................................................................................................7
Hallucinatory Splendour................................................................................................................7
Kitsch.............................................................................................................................................8
Pastiche..........................................................................................................................................8
Intertextuality................................................................................................................................8
Character Actors............................................................................................................................8
Schizophrenic Structure.................................................................................................................8
Metamodernism................................................................................................................................8
Posthumanism...................................................................................................................................8
Essay Writing.........................................................................................................................................8
, 2
Literature Reviews.................................................................................................................................9
What makes a good reference?.....................................................................................................9
Where to find literature:................................................................................................................9
Making an Argument.............................................................................................................................9
Definitions......................................................................................................................................9
What do we use secondary sources for?.......................................................................................9
Dialectical modes:........................................................................................................................10
Using Secondary Sources.....................................................................................................................10
Definitions........................................................................................................................................10
You need to test quotes to determine if they’re right..................................................................10
Creative Research................................................................................................................................10
How to do a presentation:...............................................................................................................10
Festivals...............................................................................................................................................10
Introduction to the Course
Interdisciplinary: combining views from academics in art, design, film and theatre, to
present you with a broad sense of approaches and methods in creative research.
Critical thinking involves:
organising important information
structuring your thoughts
considering evidence
identifying assumptions/questions
evaluating arguments
communicating findings
The relationship between criticism and creativity:
you need to be able to look critically at your own work so that you can improve it
you need to take into account existing works in order to learn more about the craft
you can use criticism to gauge the audience you are writing for, as well as the society
you are writing work in
you can use criticism to produce more honest and self-aware work
you need to be able to understand how your influences affect your work and how your
audiences will view your work differently
your work can also have “critical potential” — i.e. you can use your work to criticise
an aspect of society
The three meanings of “critical”:
1. disapproval
2. analysis — i.e. critical judgement
